An aristocratic family that has saddled two national passions – cricket & films
Quite credibly so, two of his children have attained national recognition through their own achievements rather than on the basis of their aristocratic lineage. Then, is there also a regret that his children did not get completely intertwined with the royal legacy? “I haven’t stopped my children from pursuing their own interests. I never thrust anything on them, but have always asked them to do well in whatever they choose to do.” As a celebration vindicating that, Saif Ali Khan (Chhote Nawab) made his mark in Bollywood as one of the top stars, and Soha also has recently emerged as an accomplished actress.
But how much pressure has there been on the second generation because of the first generation’s achievements? Soha divulged to B&E, “When I went to England and saw my father’s cricketing records there, I understood for the first time how good a cricket player he was. And now that I have started acting, I have understood what it takes to be a good actor, and how it must have been for my mother when she was just an actor and not a star. Within the family, we have always been taught how to keep our emotions inside and to not let them show. But for acting in films, one has to display all his or her emotions. And I had to break out of my previous mould for that.”
An un-ignorable part of their existence has been the media, which has particularly focused on not only the professional lives of the Pataudi family, but also has crossed the line at times in reporting on many personal fronts too. And the wonder of it is that this actually has not been the case with almost any other ‘royal’ family. Then why the spotlight on the Nawabs? The concurrence is clearly due to the achievements of Saif and Soha, gifted with character-inheritance, yet questioned scrupulously about their image day in and day out. Are the children then aware of these problems of image maintenance,? “Very conscious,” Soha exclaims, “I have to act very responsibly in public. Even in movies, I want to do the ‘right’ kind of films, which my grand children can see and be proud of. And I realise that what you do on screen is not temporary but keeps coming back again and again to haunt you. I will never do anything that I will find uncomfortable to do on screen because that is captured by the camera instantly.” Like we said, this is certainly a family whose legacy will continue to define a spectacular existence in many years to come. But for us, the lasting comment was surely the Nawab’s emotional statement, “I am doing my best to keep my people happy at Pataudi, for I still have to keep up my family’s legacy.” The act was complete. Royalty remained... still!
Quite credibly so, two of his children have attained national recognition through their own achievements rather than on the basis of their aristocratic lineage. Then, is there also a regret that his children did not get completely intertwined with the royal legacy? “I haven’t stopped my children from pursuing their own interests. I never thrust anything on them, but have always asked them to do well in whatever they choose to do.” As a celebration vindicating that, Saif Ali Khan (Chhote Nawab) made his mark in Bollywood as one of the top stars, and Soha also has recently emerged as an accomplished actress.
But how much pressure has there been on the second generation because of the first generation’s achievements? Soha divulged to B&E, “When I went to England and saw my father’s cricketing records there, I understood for the first time how good a cricket player he was. And now that I have started acting, I have understood what it takes to be a good actor, and how it must have been for my mother when she was just an actor and not a star. Within the family, we have always been taught how to keep our emotions inside and to not let them show. But for acting in films, one has to display all his or her emotions. And I had to break out of my previous mould for that.”
An un-ignorable part of their existence has been the media, which has particularly focused on not only the professional lives of the Pataudi family, but also has crossed the line at times in reporting on many personal fronts too. And the wonder of it is that this actually has not been the case with almost any other ‘royal’ family. Then why the spotlight on the Nawabs? The concurrence is clearly due to the achievements of Saif and Soha, gifted with character-inheritance, yet questioned scrupulously about their image day in and day out. Are the children then aware of these problems of image maintenance,? “Very conscious,” Soha exclaims, “I have to act very responsibly in public. Even in movies, I want to do the ‘right’ kind of films, which my grand children can see and be proud of. And I realise that what you do on screen is not temporary but keeps coming back again and again to haunt you. I will never do anything that I will find uncomfortable to do on screen because that is captured by the camera instantly.” Like we said, this is certainly a family whose legacy will continue to define a spectacular existence in many years to come. But for us, the lasting comment was surely the Nawab’s emotional statement, “I am doing my best to keep my people happy at Pataudi, for I still have to keep up my family’s legacy.” The act was complete. Royalty remained... still!
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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